PSYCHIATRIC NURSE MANAGER (ADOLESCENT CARE UNIT)

Essential Duties, Functions And Responsibilities

• Directs patient care by planning, organizing, directing and reviewing work required to provide safe, quality, comprehensive, and evidence based nursing care.
• Sets up and maintains skill set, licensure and certification to lead by example, and when necessary, working on the floor as a nurse in by providing nursing care during emergent situations.
• Plans and adjusts work schedules and operations to meet established objectives, priorities, deadlines and Standards of Care.
• Affirms self and staff compliance with annual mandatory in-services, certifications and trainings.
• Ensures compliance with the hospital wide Quality Assessment/Performance Improvement (QAPI) Program, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Conditions of Participation, Health Care Financing Administration, and Navajo Area Program requirements and identifies opportunities for client care and client process improvements.
• Facilitates the coordinated utilization of resources for optimization of health outcomes, patient/family satisfaction and financial outcomes.
• Collaborates proactively with related interdisciplinary team members and patient/family to facilitate and improve healthcare outcomes.
• Supports the implementation of clinical guidelines that may include, but is not limited to, developing/obtaining appropriate education material for patients to monitor patient’s health conditions that are consistent with the care process model and developing new services that will improve the status of patients.
• Manages annual budget by identifying/requesting supplies and equipment needed within department.
• Coordinates credentialing, nursing competencies, general orientation and ongoing staff training needs in collaboration with the Chief of Behavioral Health and Clinical Education Department.
• Ensures staff compliance with annual mandatory in-services.
• Refers staff with identified training needs to appropriate resources.
• Coordinates infection prevention and safety activities with appropriate staff.
• Assists nursing staff with action plans to resolve infection control and safety issues.
• Participates in the development with the Chief of Behavioral Health and implementation of long and short-term goals as well as policies.
• Ensures timely completion of rounding and annual employee performance evaluations.
• Completes all yearly Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) required training by the indicated due dates.
• Affords assistance, promotion, and support compliance with established CMS standards.

Mandatory Minimum Qualifications

• Experience: Five (5) years’ Psychiatric Nursing experience AND Two (2) years’ Nursing Leadership experience.
• Education: Master’s in Nursing (MN/MSN) degree accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE) of the Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN).
• Licenses: Active, unrestricted Registered Nurse (RN) License in any U.S. State or Territory.